微软公司宣布 ,它将向位于麻萨诸塞州的Sea Change国际公司投资 180 0万美元 ,占不到2 %的 Sea Change公司股份。两家公司准备联合开发新技术 ,使视频和音频信号在电视设备和个人计算机中均能被加以传输。Sea Change公司目前生产一些应用于电视、广播及电信业的数字视频产品 ; Microsoft announced it will invest $ 18 million in Sea Change International in Massachusetts, accounting for less than 2% of Sea Change’s shares. The two companies are preparing to jointly develop new technologies that enable video and audio signals to be transmitted both on television equipment and in personal computers. Sea Change currently produces digital video products for the television, broadcast and telecommunications industries;